“They had a lot of the ball around our box, I’ve tried to get tight to it to win the ball and these things happen.”

The captain completed his second 90 minutes in quick succession at Newport on Saturday as team-mate Dan Potts said: “It’s testament to him. He’s been out for a long time with a bad, bad injury and he’s played two 90 minutes in four days and he doesn’t look too far off it does he?